Like Water For Chocolate
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This novel, presented in monthly installments, includes recipes, romances, and home remedies…. More >>
September 1, 2010
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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
- ISBN13: 9781933368993
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Racial privilege shapes the lives of white Americans in every facet of life, from employment and education to housing and criminal justice. Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise shows that racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits those who are “white like him” — whether or not they’re actively racist. Using stories instead of stale statistics, Wise weaves a compelling narrative that assesses the magnitude of racial privilege and is at once r… More >>
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
August 6, 2010
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Black Like Me
- ISBN13: 9780451208644
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In the Deep South of the 1950s, journalist John Howard Griffin decided to cross the color line. Using medication that darkened his skin to deep brown, he exchanged his privileged life as a Southern white man for the disenfranchised world of an unemployed black man. His audacious, still chillingly relevant eyewitness history is a work about race and humanity-that in this new millennium still has something important to say to every American…. More >>
July 26, 2010
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Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds
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A startling portrayal of one of America’s most significant literary figures that will change the way we view her life and legacy
In 1882, Emily Dickinson’s brother Austin began a passionate love affair with Mabel Todd, a young Amherst faculty wife, setting in motion a series of events that would forever change the lives of the Dickinson family. The feud that erupted as a result has continued for over a century. Lyndall Gordon, an award-winning biogr… More >>
Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family’s Feuds
July 11, 2010
Tags: Dickinson, Emily, Family's, Feuds, Guns, Like, Lives, Loaded Posted in: Biographies and Memoirs 4 Comments
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
- ISBN13: 9780060777050
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Long before there were creative-writing workshops and degrees, how did aspiring writers learn to write? By reading the work of their predecessors and contemporaries, says Francine Prose. In Reading Like a Writer, Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters. She reads the work of the very best writers—Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Kafka, Austen, Dickens, Woolf, Chekhov—and discovers why their work has e… More >>
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
June 23, 2010
Tags: Books, Guide, Like, Love, People, Reading, Them, Those, Want, Write, Writer Posted in: Textbooks 5 Comments
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
- ISBN13: 9780440508274
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Genius is made, not born. And human beings are gifted with an almost unlimited potential for learning and creativity. Now you can uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence–by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci.
Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how. Dra… More >>
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
June 4, 2010
Tags: Every, Genius, Leonardo, Like, Seven, Steps, Think, Vinci Posted in: Self Help 5 Comments
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
- ISBN13: 9780300078152
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Why have large-scale schemes to improve the human condition in the twentieth century so often gone awry? James C. Scott analyzes diverse failures in high-modernist, authoritarian state planning-collectivization in Russia, the building of Brasilia, compulsory ujamaa villages in Tanzania, and others-and uncovers conditions common to all such planning disasters. What these failures teach us, he argues, is that any centrally managed social plan must recognize the import… More >>
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
May 19, 2010
Tags: Certain, Condition, Failed, Human, Improve, Like, Schemes, Seeing, State Posted in: Politics 5 Comments
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
- ISBN13: 9780060539108
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In the underbelly of Las Vegas, a cesspool of warring biker gangs and seedy strip clubs, gawky, brace-faced Jenna Massoli was transformed into the bombshell Jenna Jameson. Today, Jenna is the biggest star in the history of adult movies, consistently ranked as one of the most beautiful women alive. But behind the glamour and the meteoric rise to fame was a path paved with tragedy and heartbreak. As a teenager—drawn into a dark and chaotic world where rape, abuse, a… More >>
How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale
April 21, 2010
Tags: Cautionary, Like, Love, Porn, Star, Tale Posted in: Health Mind and Body 5 Comments
Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life
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Who better to give advice to aspiring leaders than Donald Trump, America’s best-known entrepreneur? Trump’s most basic strategies, principles, and thoughts are abridged here for the perfect pocket-sized gift for a budding boss. Donald Trump shares his thoughts on life, personal and professional, in essays that reveal his winning strategies and lofty goals. With a foreword by Robert Kiyosaki, author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, Trump covers “Learn to Think on Your Fee… More >>
Think Like a Champion: An Informal Education in Business and Life
April 8, 2010
Tags: Business, Champion, Education, Informal, Life, Like, Think Posted in: Business and Investing 5 Comments
Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
- ISBN13: 9780849900402
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“The more I read the Bible, the more evident it becomes that everything I have ever taught or written about effective leadership over the past 25 years, Jesus did to perfection. He is simply the greatest leadership role model of all time.” Ken Blanchard Effective leadership-whether on the job, in the community, at church or in the home-starts on the inside. Before you can hope to lead anyone else, you have to know who you are. Every leader must answer tw… More >>
Lead Like Jesus: Lessons from the Greatest Leadership Role Model of All Time
March 30, 2010
Tags: from, Greatest, Jesus, Lead, Leadership, Lessons, Like, Model, Role, Time Posted in: Business and Investing 5 Comments